Secure Research Workspace

Secure Research Workspace

Redesigned and re-architected in 2013 by Research Computing, the Secure Research Workspace (SRW) contains computational and storage resources specifically designed for management and interaction with high-risk data. The SRW is used for storage and access to Electronic Health Records (EHR) and other highly sensitive or regulated data; it includes technical and administrative controls that satisfy applicable institutional policies. SRW is specifically designed to be an enclave that minimizes the risk of storing and computing on regulated or sensitive data.

ITS-Research Computing consults with the investigator or research group to arrive at a reasonable initial configuration suitable for their respective project(s).

The default software installed is:

ActivePerl

Adobe Reader

ArcGIS Workflow Manager

ERD Concepts 6

Google Chrome

Internet Explorer

Java

Mathematica

MATLAB

Notepad++

Python

R

Rstudio

SAS

Stata

In addition, Data Leakage Prevention software is available for install on systems that enable data ingress and egress but require detailed access and transfer logging, or that require additional server-level controls. Two-step (or “two-factor”) authentication is also available as required or requested.